Most of us celebrate our birthdays with a few close friends, one too many tequila shots, and cake (on which we’ll subsist for the next couple of days as well), but Emmy-award-winning composer, Lance Horne is celebrating it with a unique show at Birdl …Read more

With a unique history of worldwide influences ranging from Sudan to Kent, Ohio, Sinkane (Ahmed Gollab) creates music that’s nothing short of fascinating. The Brooklyn-based musician recently released Mean Love, an album filled with soulful, funk-infu …Read more

StageBuddy sat down with San Francisco’s Soft White Sixties to talk about their album, Get Right, and to catch up with the band before they visit NYC for two shows in October. The last two years have been such a success for the band; how does the new …Read more

The Fred Hersch trio had a fine run at Jazz Standard last week, and as a lovely coda on Sunday evening Mr. Hersch appeared alone at the piano. His playing was relaxed and generous, and the selections were wonderfully eclectic; the composers ranged fr …Read more

On a rainy Thursday, we sat down to catch up with Craig muMs Grant, fresh off his critically acclaimed one man show, A Sucker Emcee at Labyrinth Theater (now playing through October 5th). Grant may be the busiest man in the Bronx but he took a few mo …Read more

MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) is currently accepting submissions for the MAC sponsored Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch Songwriting Awards. You do not need to be a MAC member to submit for these awards. Submissions are open unt …Read more

Few, if any, contemporary artists provoke the intense reactions elicited by Björk. The Icelandic eccentric has built an entire career on polarizing elements that have ranged from orchestral trip-hop to whole albums made using only human voices and gu …Read more

Saxophonist Mark Turner and a mysterious band of musical magicians began their run at the Jazz Standard Friday evening, and it is safe to say they managed to surprise and astound a full house of jazz fans. Decidedly modernist, Turner, his main musica …Read more

Composer and saxophonist Ken Thomson has a lot to say. He has pioneered jazz and punk fusion in several musical ensembles, including Gutbucket, a jazz-influenced punk band that has toured internationally since 1999. And he has developed a highly uniq …Read more

The soundtrack to Grind, a dark, funny new movie about Grindr, the gay hookup app, is finally available online. Lyricist Selda Sahin and composer Derek Gregor deftly capture the essence of Grindr, and what it means to be a young gay man right now. Ea …Read more